Austria - new infrastructure winter 2014/2015

Austria ranks among the front runners in Europe with 50m skiers per year and offers over 20.000 hectares of slopes. Modern snowmaking stations over 50% of Austrian pistes offer guaranteed, danger free skiing throughout the season.Once again the Austrian lift companies have invested to make skiing holidays more comfortable and convenient for guests.A range of extra facilities such as floodlight installations, timed sections, Funparks and child-friendly slopes provide a varied winter experience in the Austrian mountains.

Salzburg

Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang

Polten 8er
A modern 8-seater chairlift with heated seats and bubble replaces the old Polten 4-seater chairlift (EUR 7 mio.)

Steinbergbahn
A new 10-seater single cable car has been built. It has a length of 3.8
km and a transport capacity of 2500 per hour. The investment cost of the
new lift with its bottom, middle, and top stations is approximately EUR
17 mio. The starting point of the new 10-seater gondola lift will be at
the “Krallerhof” hotel, and the end station will be next to the
existing station of the Asitz gondola lift, at about 1,760 m above sea
level. The Steinbergbahn lift means that from the winter season of
2014/2015, Leogang will have a second access lift into the ski area of
Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang. www.leoganger-bergbahnen.at

Tirol

Sölden, Ötz valley
In Sölden the 3-seater chair lift Wasserkar will be replaced by a
6-seater chair lift with bubble. Furthermore, the valley station will be
replaced, which means the slope is now 560m longer than last year.

Ischgl / Paznaun
3-S Pardatschgrat A2 is a tricable gondola lift with two bearer cables
per direction of travel. 31 vehicles (TARIS model with suspension system
and running gear and 2 detachable grips each) with a tramway capacity
of 28 people each and seated transportation is possible. The new cable
car will allow guests to take the lift directly from the village centre
up to the ski resort Ischgl / Idalp.
World Record: The new
Pardatschgratbahn will have the biggest height difference of any
tricable cable car at 1,251m. The mountain station will be attached to
the existing mountain station of the monocable gondola lift. To prepare
for any subsidence, the station will be constructed on several
individual foundations, which can be adjusted using hydraulic heavy duty
compressors. The special geological setting also means that the entire
mountain station needs to be anchored back around 140m using cables.
There will also be disabled access to the Pardorama restaurant. To
achieve a harmonious appearance, the architecture of the mountain
station has been adapted to the existing building, yet is nevertheless
unique. More

Pitztal glacier
Europe’s highest photovoltaic station will be built at 2,800m and supply power for lifts and restaurants on the glacier.

SkiWelt
The SkiWelt invests EUR 23 mio in the future with a brand new hi-tec
8-seater chairlift Aualmbahn, between Brixen and Scheffau, new snow
making facilities, modern ski storage and lots more.

Pillersee valley
The 3-seater Kammerkör on the Stainplatte in Waidring in the Pillersee
valley will be replaced by a 6-seater chair lift with bubble and heated
seats.

Skijuwel Alpbachtal & Wildschönau
The chairlift (3 persons) Gmahbahn at the Wiedersbergerhorn in Alpbach
will be replaced by a modern 6-seating chairlift with a bubble.

East Tirol
In East Tirol the Golzentipp in Obertilliach will be replaced through a cable car for 10 people.

Vorarlberg

Montafon
The new Panorama Bahn, a 8-person gondola, in Silvretta Montafon will
transport skiers from Kapell / Schruns up to the Grasjoch in just 8
minutes (from 40 minutes last year).

Bregenzerwald
In Damüls the Sunnegg-Bahn will be replaced by a 6-seater chair lift.